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nounhypnoscope (plural hypnoscopes)
plural hypnoscopes
- datedAn instrument intended to determine a person's susceptibility to hypnotic influences.
From several magnets combined von Hellenbach and Gessmann in Vienna constructed considerably stronger hypnoscopes, through which 66 per cent. of those examined showed the above mentioned sensitiveness […]
1889, Humboldt library of science, number 113, page 13
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